ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,572, issued on June 10, was assigned to Ophir-Spiricon LLC (North Logan, Utah).

"Nano-textured attenuator for use with laser beam profiling and laser beam characterization systems and method of use" was invented by Kevin Kirkham (North Logan, Utah) and Kenneth Ferree (North Logan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a nano-textured attenuator which includes a body defining an input aperture, a measurement aperture, and at least one beam dump aperture. At least one coupling fixture may be formed on or positioned on the body, a first nano-textured beamsplitter is positioned within the body and configur...